Monday, April 07, 2008

Fun Monday Crushes

This was a TOUGH Fun Monday for me! Jo Beaufoix (who is rockin' a new web design - you GO, Girl!) wanted to know about our youthful celebrity crushes. Unlike most girls, my walls were NOT plastered with the hotties from Teen Beat, but with photos of hot cars. My dad and I used to go to car auctions on the weekends in the Houston Astrodome...and I fell in love with the automobile. So, my first REAL crush is a car. However, I did have to buy the albums of this cutie:Yes, Shaun Cassidy. Me and 1,000,000 other girls my age pined for him. Not the most talented singer, but can you imagine running your fingers thru that hair? Sigh.

Next, I had a crush on Tommy Shaw from Styx, mostly due to his photo in the inside of the "Paradise Theater" album (bottom left):I like his voice a lot, too - it was kinda lispy. Remember the song "Too Much Time on My Hands?" Or maybe you were a fan of "Renegade?" Well, my husband took me to a Styx concert in Fort Smith a few years ago...and I was shocked that Tommy now looks like this:Uh, yeah - he isn't a kid anymore? I was surprised, as I stood not ten feet from the man, that he had aged. NOT POSSIBLE! But, still a cool guy, who still rocks and sends people like me e-cards at Christmas.

Oh my Bob that car is gorgeous. And Shaun was pretty cute as well.My new blog design has kind of disappeared for now as we suddenly had to start over due to some commenting errors. Nightmare. But thanks for the mention. :D

You are a very practical gal. My husband and I found a '66 Jaguar for $2,000 in 1968. Unfortunately, even $2,000 in those days was out of our market. Besides, the card dealer shared that the car did not run and the mecahnics were not able to keep the car running. Yet, we did dream of toolin' down the road in that green Jag.

A friend of mine back in high school went nuts when Tommy Shaw left Styx. She wrote a letter to him telling him how upset she was. I can't tell you how excited she was when he wrote her back and explained that he had been with Styx longer than any other group and it was time to move on. She and I went to see them on the Mr. Roboto tour in Alabama. We were right up on the wall. Tommy smashed his red Fender Strat in that show. I don't know why. I saw them again in another city and he didn't do it, so I don't think it was part of the show. He was just pissed.